Stranger in a Strange Land

Best story I have ever listened to. Full of delightful and colorful characters. A thinking persons science fiction. I had to immediately find the original unedited script released by Heinlein's wife after his death and request it for Christmas. First time I actually finished a sci-fi book and wished it was true, but you have to get it to grokk it.

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I'm not a fan of science fiction but gave this book a try. I can't praise it enough. I don't think I would have enjoyed the written book as much. The narrator is wonderful and I will look for more read by him. Highly recommended.

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Actually, with a title like I gave this review, people will probably be MORE inclined to check out the book! Well, if that's your thing, go for it. If I had it to do over, I would still have "read" the book. It's worth getting under your belt, it's a classic, etc. A neat combo of Ayn Rand and 1984, both of which I love. Then about 1/2 through, we seem to enter the Playboy mansion of postmodernism. It's fun, that's for sure, but it makes it a little hard to take Heinlein's ideas seriously when he keeps stripping everyone (especially the lovely ladies) naked in the middle of his philosophical treatises. I noticed the previous reviewer's note about the deadpan voice -- I actually thought it was HILARIOUS, especially to hear him reading the female voices (certainly the voices of the nude and tatooed). A fun romp, perhaps not as life-changing for this generation as the last.

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I found the context of this book to be very interesting. The text is very well constructed. The deadpan delivery of the reader was quite boring. I often found my mind wandering...

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This is a great book. The narrator is fine and does do some limited voice acting that helps you distinguish between different characters in a scene with ease. A previous review mentions somewhat dated values but that is to be expected considering the age of the book. The future imagined in this book is of course fiction but it is not unbelievable. I would recommend this book to everyone that enjoys a good science fiction book. Also if you have a player capable of handling mp3 CD's it is a lot easier to manage this on a single disk rather than the typical 8-15 CD's.

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If you like Heinlein, you will like this. I like Heinlein because he addresses sociological issues and societal morays. There is little science in this story.

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I loved this book when I first read it many years ago. Now I wonder why. It's dated. remarkably sexist and terribly homophobic. Its a future where people talk like World War two just ended. Such nonsense.

phenomenally good book, I've read it three times and it's great to have a 'voice' put to Jubal Harshaw.

I was expecting a Si-Fi thriller, but this book is about as boring and slow as boring and slow can get. I was determined to muddle through, until around the middle when it changes from a Si-Fi theme to just plain erotica. No plot, no action, just stupid. There are also some pretty offensive statements made about women throughout the book. Don't read this book if the idea of women being nothing more than sex toys for men bothers you.

This is arguably one of the great science fiction books of all time. The reason is because of strong use of allegory and metaphors. This book has so many things happening in it that you that the author craftily only reveals the books real premise at the very end. Make sure you listen to the entire book. You will be glad you did.